Eighth Circuit: Stuart Wright v. Sean Franklin

Bivvens - Taser-aided arrest of the wrong guy during a league basketball game.

Footnote in motion saying that an argument isn't made doesn't operate as waiver - de novo review on the question of whether there was a clearly-established right.

Qualified immunity on the taser shock, as it was not yet clearly established in the Circuit that a person thought to be possibly armed and dangerous should not be tasered if they were nonviolent and not attempting to flee.

Basis for the detention subsequently raised need not have been thought about at the time - objective reasonableness controls.

20 minute detention of wrong person after having determined them to be the wrong person is a minimal intrusion on the liberty interest, and does not justify a Bivvens claim.

http://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/15/12/143606P.pdf